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Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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The piece was first produced by Black Arts/WestInformation about the background of the play at Sacramento State College in Sacramento, California, in 1970.Van Peebles listing at Doollee.com After ten previews, the Off-Broadway production, directed by Gilbert Moses, opened on October 20, 1971, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, then transferred to the Ambassador, for a total run of 325 performances. The cast included Bill Duke, Albert Hall, Garrett Morris and Beatrice Winde. Ossie Davis and Phylicia Rashad joined the cast in 1972.In 2004, Classical Theatre of Harlem staged a revival directed by Alfred Preisser, choreographed by Bruce Heath, and featuring Ralph Carter. In 2006, it was presented as theatre in the round in T New York, a small Manhattan cabaret, on weekends only. The production was scheduled for a 2007 tour of the U.S. East Coast.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}In 2021, a Broadway revival was announced. The 2022 production will be directed by Kenny Leon, and Mario Van Peebles will serve as creative producer.WEB, Bowling, Suzanna, Melvin Van Peebles' Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Coming To Broadway â Times Square Chronicles,weblink Times Square Chronicles, 5 April 2021,Synopsis
In a poor Black neighborhood, nameless characters rail against a general malaise called "the Man." Each one begins his or her musical rant with the repetition of one or two signature phrases. They sing of their frustrations, fears, regrets and pain. The drama stems from the characters' words about their daily lives. Act I follows a "normal" day in the ghetto, but Act II graphically depicts a particularly violent day, in which looting and several brutal killings occur. The characters include a blind beggar, a Malcolm X lieutenant, a pimp, prostitutes, a drag queen, a lesbian, looters, lovers, junkies, a wino, a bag lady, corrupt cops, a disgruntled postal worker, sweatshop workers, and a death row prisoner. The work begins with the "Star Spangled Banner" and ends with the accusatory "Put a Curse on You."Song list
- Just Don't Make No Sense
- Coolest Place in Town
- You Can Get Up Before Noon Without Being a Square
- Mirror Mirror on the Wall
- Come Raising Your Leg on Me
- You Gotta Be Holdin Out Five Dollars on Me
- Sera Sera Jim
- Catch That on the Corner
- The Dozens
- Funky Girl on Motherless Broadway
- Tenth and Greenwich
- Heh Heh (Chuckle) Good Mornin' Sunshine
- You Ain't No Astronaut
- Three Boxes of Longs Please
- Lilly Done The Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail
- I Got the Blood
- Salamaggi's Birthday
- Come on Feet Do Your Thing
- Put a Curse on You
Awards and nominations
- Original Broadway production{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
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{{Reflist}}References
- 2004 Village Voice review{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 2004 Variety review
- 2006 New York Times review
External links
- {{ibdb title|id=3616|title=Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death}}
- Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death plot summary & character descriptions at StageAgent.com
- NPR interview of Van Peebles about the musical
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071022111655weblink">Announcement of another tour date in 2008
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